WAEC Releases 2025 WASSCE Private Candidates (Second Series) Provisional Results
The wait is finally over! The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the provisional results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates – Second Series.
This release comes as welcome news for thousands of private candidates across Ghana who sat for the exams late last year. Here’s everything you need to know from the numbers and performance highlights to withheld results, how to check your results, and important warnings.
Key Statistics at a Glance Total candidates who sat the examination: 41,767 Gender breakdown: 20,036 males and 24,501 females Special needs candidates: 16 visually impaired + 7 hearing-impaired Absent candidates: 2,422 (registered but did not show up) Total registered: Approximately 44,189 Performance in Core Subjects (A1–C6 Passes) WAEC has released detailed performance in the four core subjects:
Subject % Obtaining A1–C6 Notable Failures (F9) English Language 67.43% 11.04% Core Mathematics 49.84% 27.69% Integrated Science 35.00% 32.00% Social Studies 81.21% (Highest) 10.42% Social Studies recorded the best performance, while Integrated Science remains the weakest subject among private candidates.
Examination Malpractice and Withheld Results WAEC has taken a firm stance against malpractice:
Full results withheld: 348 candidates Subject results withheld: 469 candidates Reasons for withholding include:
Collusion Impersonation Possession of foreign (unauthorised) materials Seeking external assistance The Council stated clearly:
“The withheld results of candidates will either be released or cancelled based on the outcome of investigations into their cases.”
Candidates whose results are withheld can check the status and reasons via WAEC’s irregularities portal: https://irreg.waec.org
“WAEC’s results database is well secured, and all results can be authenticated. Institutions and organisations are advised to verify results presented to them directly from WAEC.”
Do not pay anyone money. All genuine results are accessible only through official channels.
What This Means for Candidates If you passed English, Maths, Science and Social Studies (plus three electives), you now qualify for many tertiary programmes. If you have deficiencies, the next WASSCE Private Candidates (First Series) or November/December series is your chance to re-sit. Schools and universities will begin admissions processing soon act fast with your results. Final Words from WAEC The Council expressed sincere appreciation to supervisors, invigilators, examiners, and all stakeholders who made the smooth conduct and timely release of results possible.
Congratulations to all candidates who performed well, To those who didn’t get the desired grades this is not the end. Many successful people rewrote papers and still achieved their dreams.
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